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"Oh." He Mingyu sighed.

Just by hearing him sigh like that, Xiao Lan knew that his plan to buy a foal would definitely not work.

Horses are war resources and common people are not allowed to trade them privately, so He Minghe's trading plan did not make much progress.

However, He Mingyu did not give up and said to Xiao Lan, "Little God of Wealth, I bought the grass seeds for you, you have to help me."

Xiao Lan was silent for a while, then said, "Strategic materials are not that easy to get. I really can't help you with this."

"It's actually okay that we can't buy a colt this time. After all, we have sold all the goods shipped from Liaodong City. With the money, we can help General Shen have a good New Year. Besides, even if you bring back horses, you have nowhere to put them. After all, your horse farm has not yet been built."

"I don't care. You have to accompany me tomorrow. I don't want to go back empty-handed." He Mingyu said.

"Okay, but we have to hurry up." Xiao Lan said.

Xiao Lan accompanied He Ming and his group to discuss buying horses for several days, but they were rejected. Hu Yidao, Dajiang and Xiaohe were also busy these days, they were also buying sheep, furs and even forage seeds.

The horse was not purchased in the end. Although He Mingyu wanted to stay for a few more days to try it out, Xiao Lan firmly refused.

It's not always as expected. What you fear will come true. After walking for only half a day, the weather became colder and colder, and the wind became stronger and stronger. In this winter, dark clouds appeared overhead. In less than half an hour, the sky was completely dark. You know, it's only noon now. If someone who doesn't know the situation says it's dark now, she will believe it.

As the weather got colder, the wind felt like a knife cutting her face. Xiao Lan thought to herself, this weather is really bad, and she didn't know how long it would last. Even people couldn't stand it in this kind of weather, let alone herding a flock of sheep.

Xiao Lan asked Da Jiang, "Is there any village nearby? We need to find a place to stay. Let's see what the situation is tomorrow."

They were walking too slowly, and at the rate the temperature was dropping, she was afraid they might get frostbite, and her sheep might also suffer losses.

Dajiang tried hard to recall the villages he had seen or heard about when he came here. "Girl, if we walk forward from here for about an hour, there should be a village. When we came here, I heard people talking about it. It seemed to be Guyang Village."

"Okay, let's go to Guyang Village to avoid the cold and leave when the weather is better." A gust of cold wind blew, Xiao Lan shrank her neck and said directly to the group.

When they arrived at Guyang Village, they were received by the village chief's family. Of course, Xiao Lan gave the identity of a traveling merchant who sneaked between the two places. The sheep they herded were very impressive, so the village chief believed it.

"We walked here in the afternoon, and the weather suddenly changed, so we had to find a place to rest. Please give us some convenience, Village Chief." Hu Yidao greeted.

"We were originally planning to rush to Liaodong Prefecture as soon as possible, but who knew the weather would change so quickly? We were really afraid that we would freeze into popsicles on the way." Xiao He said sympathetically, "After all, it's almost the end of the year, and our families are waiting for us to go back and reunite."

The village chief looked at Xiao Lan who was shrinking to one side and nodded, "You have a child with you. It's really hard for you to let the child suffer in this weather."

He Mingyu quickly responded, "That's why we came to the village. My little sister is still young, and I really can't bear to see her suffer with us. That's why we came to the village. We just want to stay for one night, and leave when the sun comes out tomorrow."

The people in this village are very simple and honest, and there are seldom outsiders coming to stay overnight. So when He Mingyu took out half a tael of silver as lodging fee, the village chief and his family happily accepted it and treated them to what they thought was the best food.

Of course Xiao Lan and her group didn't feel comfortable eating the food from the village chief's house. After all, food was too precious nowadays. Plus, there were so many of them in their group, so even if the village chief's family cooked more food, it wouldn't be enough for them to eat.

When they left Xingyuan Prefecture this time, the group took a lot of meat with them, including pickled bacon and frozen fresh meat, and of course dry food such as steamed buns and biscuits.

When the group took out some dry food and meat and handed them to the village chief and asked them to cook them, the village chief's family did not react for a while. After all, no one expected that they would carry meat with them.

When the children of the village chief's family saw the meat, their eyes widened and they drooled from time to time. The village chief also swallowed his saliva, but he still held back and pushed the meat to them. "Keep it for yourselves and eat it on the way. The half tael of silver I just collected from you is already a lot."

He Mingyu glanced at Xiao Lan and said with a smile, "Just accept it. You can use this meat as a meal tonight. This meat is all raw. If the weather is bad these days, we won't stop to get this meat on the road. We usually only eat dry food. Today, we happen to stay at your house. Sorry for disturbing you. It's just right. Take out this meat and make a few dishes for our meal."

The village chief couldn't resist the temptation of the meat. He thought, considering the weather today, these people might not be able to leave for a while. Besides, they had driven so many sheep here, so they should not be short of meat. So it seemed reasonable for their families to enjoy some of the meat together.

The village chief's wife and children were staring at the two pieces of meat, after all, they hadn't eaten meat for a long time. They had originally thought that the next time they would eat meat would be on New Year's Eve, but who knew that today these people would actually take out meat for a snack.

Even if the guests eat the big part and they eat the small part, two or three pieces of meat are more than enough for each person.

Their kindness was finally rewarded. Originally, the village chief only wanted to make room for Xiaolan and her group, but in consideration of the fact that they had given out such a large piece of meat, he arranged for Xiaolan to live in a room with his little girl so that they no longer had to squeeze with a group of grown men.

Xiao Lan couldn't ask for more. After all, who would want to live in a noisy place when they can live in a comfortable environment?